Chapter #2Greener pastures? by: sneakyk   You find yourself tumbling through a purply haze, feeling a wrenching sensation in your gut that swiftly fades into a numbness as you seemingly attune yourself to it. As you hurdle through the starless void, you ponder what could possibly be going on. Are you dead...or are you about to die? What of the scientists, if they even were scientists? As your mind lingers on them, glimpses of the lab flash around you, materializing for brief moments, only to vanish into the haze of purple and blackness. You call out to them in fear and confusion, yet receive not a word in response. As you grow further accustomed to the falling sensation, you begin to realize hat you can control the trajectory of you descent. Actually, it's not merely that. You can fly! And fly you do. You fly in the near empty expanse, attempting to make your way towards whatever features of the lab you can discern as they flash into being. Yet try though you might, you cannot lay your fingers on anything .
Another flash. This time not of the lab, but of a grassy field. The grassy field, however, does not give way to the darkness. You quickly crash onto the field and roll to a halt. You lie there against the soil for quite a while, feeling listless and sore from head to toe. As you gradually regain your wits, you find that your body is no worse for wear...and that a trickle of drool is streaming out of your cheek. Could you have been dreaming this entire time? You groan, suck up the oddly appetizing saliva trail back into your mouth as best you can, then get to your feet. Your body , though a little dirty, lacks any scrapes or bruises like one might expect were they to hit the ground hard. Actually, speaking of that...your body happens to be clad only in undergarments! You feel a brief wave of shame wash over you before that is overtaken by the more pressing concern of just what sort of scenario you've stumbled into.
You find yourself surrounded by a jungle of solid green plants. The light of he summer sun shines from above, the patchwork of shade from the plants all around you doing little to protect you from the heat. The air carries a powerful mix of earthen and animal scents, a scent not too dissimilar from that of a farm. Actually, it smells almost exactly like one might expect the farm to smell. With only the slightest of inklings as to where you may be, you trek your way across the dirt floor of the forest, occasionally passing by large rock chunks, unusual indentations into the earth, patches where many of the large plants have been hewed mall, and some seemingly artificial objects you just can't quite explain. A you explore, your body begins to work up the scent of sweat, yet you smell only an aroma not too different from that of chicken broth as you sniff at your own sweat. Odd.
You eventually come across a strange plant with a sweet fluid pouring out of it. Unable to explain why, you instinctively approach it and begin to suck the delicious nectar of the plant, your body feeling a strange sense of vigor and euphoria flowing throughout it. Gone is the soreness you felt earlier, and with it is a sense of energy and restfulness, hampered only by a sense of unease at the fact that you simply couldn't resist drinking it up. Could this be a side effect of whatever those scientists had done to you?
You continue exploring through the forest of green until you come across a huge transparent structure of some sort. As you navigate around it, you realize it isn't entirely transparent. There appears to be some sort of illustration positioned right at the center of it. It features a cocky Raichu, paw raised, with a smirk upon his face that doesn't quite mar the cartoon creatures cuteness. The familiar brand name "ELECTRO-LITE ENERGIZER," a brand of energy drink if you recall correctly, appears just above the Raichu,. You initially take it to be some sort of poster slapped onto a wall, to advertise the energy drink. But upon closer inspection you realize this isn't a poster slapped to the side of a wall at all. It's the wrapper of an honest to goodness energy drink the side of a bus! Flabbergasted, you climb up top above the drink bottle and at last manage to catch a glimpse as to your surroundings.
Standing atop the drink, you see the 'trees' extend far off into the distance...until you spot plants that are unmistakably far, far larger than them. Actually...now that you think about it, these trees around you aren't at all trees. The sea of green around you is actually a field of lowly blades of grass. You gasp at the size of the grass field. It must be at least a mile across, in any direction. Despite the vast scale of your surroundings, you get a general idea of your surroundings.
Far to the north lies a few buildings of some sort. Likely a barn and farmhouse. Far to the east stands a wooden fence, though what is beyond it you cannot say. To the west stands a line of towering trees; whether the treeline belongs to a forest or an orchard, you cannot say. To the south the farmland seems to extend out indefinitely, transitioning to a large patch of soil.
Just as notable as the landscape, however, are the creature that inhabit it. Other than the generic bird-sized non-pokemon bugs flittering over the grass, you note a large quantity of Tauros, Flaafy, and Mareep scattered about the landscape. Up closer to the farmhouse, although their figures are more distant, you can see a Galarian Rapidash with a rider, which you assume to be female, seated atop it. You also notice a resting Mudsdale and a few Miltank near the farmhouse.
You're no doubt at a massive farm of some sort...or, rather, at a mundane farm made gigantic. If you were to guess your location, you would have to imagine that you are currently in Solaceon Town of all places....only now, everything is magnified to gigantic proportions! Your mind boggles at this shocking revelation. Not only are you the size of a mouse, but you're the size of a mouse in a world dominated by colossal beasts and a handful of humans mighty enough to tame them. Traversal will be difficult here. To reach any notable location you will have to make a significant commitment. A mile alone would be an unwelcome walk, with you barefoot and under summer heat. But the plants around you make navigation through the grass far more arduous. Once you hop off of your vantage point, it will be woefully easy to lose direction, and an encounter with an unaware giant herbivore could well be inevitable...  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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